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Summary
An adventure starring a post-engine room Goro as he stumbles upon an application that allows him to travel back in time and erase his past mistakes. Side stories set in this universe are included here.
Anthology containing:
SUCCESSION
The whims of fate decided that Akechi Goro couldn't die yet. At first, he despaired. Then, he realized that might have been exactly what he wanted. A fresh start. Another chance. A new beginning. And now, he will do anything in his power to atone for his sins and save the only person who reached out to him. He will be tricked, rejected, betrayed, used again and again, there's no denying it. And yet, his newfound resolve won't falter. This is the way Akechi Goro will challenge the world.
Or how after escaping the engine room, Goro finds an application on his phone that allows him to travel back in time and erase his past mistakes. And when the world around him is revealed to be a giant Palace, Goro is determined to use this new power of his to find out what's going on for the good of mankind, especially a certain rival-turned-friend... but what was supposed to be a journey toward redemption doesn't take long to shift into a series of adventures unlike anything Goro could have ever imagined.
Entirely rewritten and polished from start to finish as of 2020; now including illustrations and commentaries!
MEADOW
Living a brand new life with the memories of his past one intact can come with its fair share of burdens. Even if Goro truly feels fulfilled and happy, the flashes of misery and despair are never too far, always ready to strike when he last expects it – and it isn't long before he finds himself succumbing to his dread.
There's one difference with back then, however. This time, he isn't alone. This time, she is there.
SUNLIGHT
Goro gets a visitor on his sickbed – the presence of whom he enjoys much more than he cares to let it slip.
PICTURE
Ren drags an oblivious Goro to Dome Town — all in order to enact a very specific plan.
Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 209,287
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- In-Progress
Summary
p5r spoilers (previously named snapdragon)
During the final fight with Maruki, Akira finds himself transported years into the past and wonders what he's doing in 2014 when he stumbles upon Goro Akechi in Mementos, who is just about to kill Wakaba Isshiki and start up a chain of events that will eventually lead to his demise.
Not if Akira has anything to say about it.
Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 61,458
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- In-Progress
Summary
Akechi had outsmarted the Thieves, he had won. That's as far as he got before everything started spiraling out of control. It was on his own deathbed that he wished for a miracle, a way to change fate. Being given an undeserved second chance wasn't exactly what he planned but he'd take it. Now he's reliving 2016 again, trying to change the outcome and save a certain Phantom Thief's life. He's living on borrowed time from an unknown source for an unknown price. But that's okay, the second he made that deal with Shido years ago he started living on borrowed time. He just hopes it lasts long enough for him to accomplish his goals.
- Part 1 of How To Save A Life
Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 101,070
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- In-Progress
Summary
Anthology containing:
the selfish wishes your mouth can't say
The Phantom Thieves infiltrate Akechi's palace.
They get caught, and Joker ends up paying the price.
or: Akechi fucks Akira in front of his friends.let go of empty dreams
Akechi keeps Akira trapped inside of his palace after their performance.
Longing to change their fate, Akechi intends to drag Akira down with him into the beautiful abyss that is chaos.
or: How Goro Akechi turns Akira Kurusu from good to bad.
Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 185,049
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- In-Progress
Summary
You won, and still, fate twists the knife one last time.
The train car rumbles, tilting as though snaking around a bend.
That’s not how things are supposed to work. Uncrossing his long, black-clad legs, the man stands, and his dark, trailing ponytail swings behind him with the motion. And I have been persuaded to give you another chance.
In an effort to end the meddling of the metaverse once and for all, Akira makes a deal, but traversing the unstable barrier between perception and reality is more treacherous than any threat he faced last time. Alone, without guidance, and confronted by mysteries on a cosmic scale, he can only turn to Akechi for help, despite their previous tragic parting. What awaits them in this new timeline, however, is unlike anything they could have imagined, and as they unravel Akira’s dire mission, they’ll have to abandon everything they thought they knew about the metaverse, each other, and themselves.
- Part 1 of Liminality
Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 95,942
- Status:
- Completed
Tales from the Garden Anthology by Danidoesathing
Fandoms: Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal, Persona Series
20 May 2021
Summary
When granted the ability to undo fate by reseting time, one must understand the danger that comes with. Akira thinks he handling it pretty well, ignoring the crippling loneliness, the constant reminders of traumatizing pasts, the constant strain of looping the best and worst year of his life, and the strange Garden that surrounds his heart.
He's fine.The different possibilities of constantly looping time, and different stories from both reality and the Garden itself. Begin with "A Self Fulfilling Prophecy" for full context of the rest of the series
Anthology containing:
A Self Fulfilling Prophecy
The former Phantom Thieves of Hearts begin to notice their leader beginning to act strangely and decide to investigate.
Judgement
Goro meets a stranger in April and strikes up a deal that turns into something much more.
Lovely Sins of God
Akira struggles a bit. Goro refuses to let him do it alone.
Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 293,597
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Twelve months really aren't that bad, Ryuji figures. His cell is more like a dorm, and he'll be out soon enough. The treatment is fine, and it was worth it. After all, he's only been selling those goddamn drugs to help his mom. It's alright.
That is, until he gets a roommate, one of the devious, sly kinds that you should avoid at every possible cost. From there on, things spiral downward, and soon enough, Ryuji finds himself thrown into the choice of go along or bite the dust.
Just his casual kind of bad luck catching up to him.Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 93,784
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- In-Progress
Summary
"Akechi," he whispered, "your name is Akechi. You are seventeen, you've visited the cognitive world countless times. You aren't him anymore. You have a goal, and a persona, and you are not helpless.”
He leaned back away from his reflection, studying the myriad of pale scars adorning his chest and arms. This was the body of a fighter, a winner. He was no longer the pitiful homeless boy he had been two years ago. He had a job, a life, and a mission.Shelves: Persona 5
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 267,608
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
Anthology containing:
Distorted
The Phantom Thieves of Hearts discover the confidant on the Nav that shocked them all to the bone. What they didn’t consider was that maybe some hearts were never meant to be changed.
[ Persona 5 Protag has a Palace AU ]
Deceit
A story that consists of a masked detective Akuma, a secretive transfer student Akira Kurusu, a vice president at Shujin Academy Goro Isshiki Akechi, and the eventual Phantom Thieves of Hearts who have no idea that their ultimate enemy is right by their side since the very start.
“If I will manage to capture the Phantom Thieves — I will manage to solve the mental shutdown cases..
..so I challenge the Phantom Thieves to steal my heart or it’ll be too late for them to run.”
[ Role Swap AU ]
!!ON HIATUS!!
Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 255,567
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
It's been four years since Akechi Goro disappeared and was assumed dead. Amamiya Ren is taking a philosophy class in college as one of his gen eds. He was hoping for an easy A, not his amnesiac rival to show up out of the blue, very much not dead. But hey, he'll take what he can get.
(Spoilers for the entirety of Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal)Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 63,362
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Akira’s attention snaps back to Morgana, the sharp smell of rust and failure stinging at his nose. “What?”
Morgana looks at him like he’s an idiot, and perhaps he’s right. “You zoned out! I’ve been calling for you, but you didn’t respond. Are you okay?” Akira thinks back to black, dark roasted coffee with two cubes of sugar, and a desperate look in blood red eyes as everything fell apart between them.
“Yeah. I’m fine.”
In which Goro has a Palace that Akira only sees in his nightmares. But to get to the top, Akira has to process his own grief.
Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 59,972
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- In-Progress
Summary
“So I’m to be bait,” Akechi says flatly. “You’re serving me up.”
Ren can feel the grin on his face, and he can’t stop it. “I gotta open the store tomorrow, I only serve coffee.”
“Absolutely idiotic. Why would I agree to that?"
Ren shrugs one shoulder and leans back against the movie theater wall, smiling. He’s feeling light on his feet right now. It’s been a bad day, but the end is nice. “Call it penance.”
“Penance for what,” Akechi says.
His smile stays where it is as he glances away for a moment, then meets Akechi’s eyes again. “Being yourself.”
—
Summer vacation back in Tokyo was supposed to be two things: an exciting break from the mundanity of home, and a chance to see people he's missed so much it hurts. If he survives, Ren has good news for himself on both.
Shelves: Persona 5
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 112,163
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
Across the street, a screen lights up with that same message from before: 'steal your heart' beaconing even him from this distance.
“I wish you would,” Goro whispers, a moment of weakness lost on the wind, at these Phantom Thieves, whatever they may be.
---
After a seemingly unbreakable curse is placed upon him, Goro Akechi has little choice but to search for allies in strange places. Can these Phantom Thieves truly steal hearts and help him gain his revenge? And is their price worth paying?And that's without mentioning his terrible fate reading. But there's little time to worry about love and death when he has vengeance to pursue.
Shelves: Persona 5
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 49,134
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
This wasn’t a second chance, this wasn’t a redemption, this was Goro playing the only card left in his hand in a desperate bid to take Shido down with him before he had to fold. Fuck the election, he was killing that asshole the second he could get a bullet in his brain, and if that meant playing nice with the Phantom Thieves -- well, he’d done worse than that before.
He closed his eyes against the light. Dying, he thought, would’ve been so much easier.
(Akechi Goro’s New Game Plus.)
- Part 1 of one more time, with feeling
Shelves: Persona 5
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 75,775
- Status:
- In-Progress
My Personality's Like an Onion, It's Got Layers by MagicalMilly
Fandoms: Persona 5, Persona Series
09 Apr 2021
Summary
Personas are supposed to be one's Shadow, and a representation of one's true self and personality. Ren gets so many and suddenly finds them as he goes along. What if, instead of them just being Shadows that were found, they also were personality traits that he was missing until rediscovery? That's right, Ren is slowly gonna get himself a personality, going from shy, meek boy, to loud, confident man. Let's go.
Shelves: Persona 5
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 56,304
- Status:
- In-Progress
Butterflies With Broken Wings Anthology by seventhTense
Fandoms: Persona 5, Persona Series
08 Apr 2021
Summary
Anthology containing:
Like The Moon, We Borrow Our Light
In the Present...
...Akira and Goro are the famed Detective Princes of Tokyo! They've solved countless crimes and brought justice across the city, gaining allies and confidants wherever they've roamed! As election season approaches in the distance, and ominous warnings are whispered into their ears, will they be able to weather the storm to come?
In the Past...
...two young boys, abandoned by society and family alike, find each other. Will they be able to handle everything else they find, in the years to come?
Not Just The Friction of Our Skin
Exhausted and worn from having to work long hours on separate cases Akira and Goro take solace in the few warm, tender moments they have with one another.
And when warm, tender moments are no longer enough to sate their longing, their need for one another...
Citrus & Cinnamon
Akira and Goro have been best friends for years, spending most of their days together at Akira's Aunts' house. When Akira finds out that Goro's been treated badly by his foster parents, he and his aunts make it their goal to have the Best Christmas Ever.
They go All Out. It's adorable.
Shelves: Persona 5
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 382,663
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Ren Amamiya was 80% convinced that accepting Maruki's deal was the right choice.
Shelves: Persona 5
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 250,756
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
Akira Kurusu was supposed to be dead.
Except, fate had allowed him to live and the chance to fix things this time. Fate was allowing him one more chance to bring justice to light.
And maybe save someone else in the process.
*based on first major bad ending*
Shelves: Persona 5
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 233,517
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Akechi Goro is alive – one of his biggest regrets is alive and standing in front of him looking like he’s ready for some highbrow sports photo shoot when what he really needs is five years intensive therapy and at least five more steps away from Akira.
No, no, no – the universe is not allowed to shove this on him so soon after it just flung him three fucking years into the past.
(Sometimes the only way to save someone is to let them save you first.)
(Huge canon divergence. Akira's past and future affect him big time.)Translation in Chinese now available on privatter and AO3 courtesy of coakira2!
Shelves: Persona 5
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 158,474
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Amamiya has the face for sly smirks, an air of a devil-may-care charm that makes the hair on the back of Goro’s neck prickle and his nerves zing with electricity.
Goro thinks he might be in love with him.
That he has always loved him.
---
Ren's years end where they begin, on a train heading to Tokyo on April 9th.
He is not who he was, not quite. He's lived too many lives, died too many deaths, mourned too many loves. Yaldaboath twists the world each time the cycle starts anew and neither Trickster nor God could say what the world they first came from looks like anymore.
Ren starts the year over in a timeline doomed from the beginning and decides he's needs a rest. A short vacation before he skips ahead to the next year and the next chance to put an end to Yaldaboath once and for all.
Goro Akechi has other ideas.
Shelves: Persona 5
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 80,106
- Status:
- In-Progress